Paper container



June 19, 1945. H. CAREW PAPER CONTAINERV Filed July 30 1940 2Sheets-Sheet -1 f HERMAN CARE w June 19, 1945 H. cAREw PAPER CONTAINERFiled July 30, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 19, 1945 PAPERCONTAINER Herman Carew, Easton, Pa., assignor to Dixie Cup Company, acorporation of Delaware Application July 30, 1940, Serial No. 348,537

4 Claims. (Cl. 2291.5)

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in containers andmore particularly to a paper cup having a handle whereby it may besupported or carried in use,'the handle being formed of a piece ofmaterial separate from that from which the body of the cup is formedandadapted to be secured to the cup body by adhesive or in other desiredmanner- The principal object of the invention resides in the provisionof a paper container or cup having a handle secured to the side of thebody thereof,

the handle being formed from a blank of material which normally conformsto the curvature of the body, adapting the containers or cups to benested, but including members which may be bent outwardly from the bodyof the cup to'provide finger-engaging portions with openings throughwhich a finger may be inserted.

Another object of the invention consists in the provision of a handlefor a paper container or cup formed from a blank of material which iscut to provide a portion which may be secured to the side of thecontainer or cup by adhesive or in other manner, and members whichnormally lie fiat against the outer face of the cup body but which maybe bent outwardly to provide finger-' engaging portions having openingsthrough which may be inserted, the openings having rounded edgeportions, to engage the finger inserted through the openings and forminga smooth surface without danger of cutting the finger or causingdiscomfiture thereto.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention. consists in the novel details ofconstruction, and arrangement of parts, described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and while Ihave illustrated and described the preferred embodiments ofthe'invention, as they now appear to me, it will be understood that suchchanges may be made as will fall within the scope of theappended claims.

In the drawings- Fig. 1 is a side elevation showing the handle in itsnormal position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the fingerengaging portions of thehandle bent outwardly from the cup body for use.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation at right angles to Fig. 2 showing thefinger-engaging portions bent outwardly with respect to the body.

Fig. 4 is a top plan of the container or cup with the handle as arrangedin Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a fragmental section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. '7 is a plan of the handle blank.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 showing a slightly modified form ofhandle; and

Fig. 9 is a fragmental horizontal section .through a container or cupemploying the handle of the modified form, the blank from which thehandle is made being shown in Fig. 8.

I am, of course, aware that paper containers or cups have been providedwith handles which are of particular advantage when the container orcupcontains hot liquids. In some instances the-handles are formed fromthe blank of material which forms the body of the cup or con tainer andin other instances the handle is formed as a separate member and securedto the body. However, I am not aware of any container or cup, either ofpaper or other material, embodying a handle formed in the manner inwhich my handle is formed and willbe claimed. My improved form of handleis formed from asingle blank of material'which is cut to provide aportion adapted engaging portions, the finger-engaging portions normallylying flat against the outer surface of the body conforming to thecurvature thereof. The portion which is secured to the body of thecontainer or cup includes an elongated vertical part and laterallyextending ears thereby providing a relatively large. area secured to thecontainer or cup body and adapted for strain either vertically orcircumferentlally of the body. There is particular advantage in havingthe handle I the handle indicated generally at b. The body includes thetapered side wall I and bottom 2, the bottom 2 being positioned withinthe smaller end of the side wall and is engaged by the rolled edge :3formed around the lower or smaller end of the side wall. The open end ofthe side wall is formed with the outwardly turned bead r flange 4,forming a lip portion for drinking from the cup. The side wall i ispreferably formed from a blank of paper shaped as shown ,in'the usualwell-known manner. The paper may be of the'desired thickness or weight.

Thehandlegb is formed from a blank of paper v or the shape shown moreparticularly in Fig. 7

of the drawingsfland is formed with the cuts 5,

' which form the ears 6, extending laterally from i the central verticalportion 1. The cuts also asrauo the members I 5 are further curved toprovide and having its overlapped ends secured together form or providethe members 8 which are adapted'to be bent on the lines 9 to providefinger- "engaging portions with openings Ill through c which a finger ofthe user may be inserted. The

blank shown in F'ig. '7 is adapted to be secured to the body off-thecontainer or cup, or more particularly. theside wall thereof, byadhesive,

it being understood that it is the verticalportion 1 and the laterallyextending ears 8 which connected to the wall of the container or cup.

Q Q In other .words the members 8 are not secured .to the side wall,although they normally contact therewith and are curved to conform tothe curvature thereof shownv more particularly 'inlFigs. 1 and 6 of thedrawings. desired to use the handle the members 8 will be bent outwardlyon the lines 9, as shown more particularly in Figs. 2, S and 4 of thedrawings to form finger-engaging portions and a finger When it isreceive the adhesive and are the parts directly the shoulders 2| similarto the shoulders ll, shown in Figs. 3 and 7 of the drawings and beneathwhich a finger will be engaged in the same manner as shown in Fig. 3.The elongated portion l3, as well as the laterally extending ears I! ofthe modified form of handle, will be secured to the body 22 of thecontainer or cup by adhesive or in other suitable manner, while themembers l5 will not be attached to the body although whenin normalposition lying flat against the body and conforming to the curvaturethereof, When the container or cup is to be used the members It will bebent outwardly, as shown more particularly in Fig. 9 of the drawings, toprovide the finger-engaging portions.

From the above detailed description it will b seen that I have provideda novel form of handle for a; paper container or cup embodyingtheadvantages previously brought out.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a paperdrinking cup.

a handle therefor, said handle beingfashioned of I flexible material andall portions thereof normally positioned gainst the exterior surface ofextending longitudinally of the cup, and oppositely disposed portionsadapted to be bent outwardly from said fixed portion contoured topresent horizontally aligned spaced openings for finget-engagement insupporting the cup and contents, and said oppositely disposed portionsbelow said openings being notched to provide circumferentially spacedengaging portions for ilnger-engagement to resist forward tipping of thecup under the weight of its contents as well as lateral tipping thereof.

2. In combination with a paper drinking cup. a handle therefor, saidhandle being fashionedof flexible material and all portions thereofnormally positionedagainst the exterior surface f the cup and conformingthereto to enable nest: ing when stacked, the handle having a fixedportion extending longitudinally of the cup, andoppositely disposedportions adapted to be bent proximately parallel substantially spacedrelationship and contoured to present horizontally container is in usea, finger of the user will be engaged beneath the shoulders as alsoshown in Fig. 3.

In Figs. 8 and 9 of the drawings I have illustrated a handle blank ofslightly different form than that disclosed in Fig.- '7' oi. thedrawings; although of the same general shape or outline. In thismodified form of the invention the blank is out on the lines l2 to formthe central elon-. gated part l3, the laterally extending ears I4 andfinger-engaging members 18. the fingerengaging members being adapted tobe bent on the lines l6 as will be later brought out and as ings. Themembers ii are pressed to provide around their outer edges an offsetflange ll and around a portion of the cuts I! a groove l8, forming acurved edge ID to be engaged by a finger inserted through the openings28, as shown more particularly in Fig. 9 of the drawings, when themembers are bent into their outwardly extending positions. The edges ofaligned correspondingly spaced opening th h which a finger may be passedin supporting the cup and contents on said finger, and said oppositelydisposed portions below said openings being notched to providecircumferentially spaced engaging portions for another finger to resistforward tipping of the cup under the weight of its contents a well aslateral tipping thereof, and e edges of said oppositely disposedportions above said openings constituting thumb-engaging portions. t

3. A paper drinking cup handle formed of flexible-material, comprising abase portion attached to the side wall of a cup and oppositely disposedportions extending outwardly from said base portion disposedinapproximately parallel relationship and substantially spaced apart,said outwardly disposed portions possessing horizontally alignedopenings adapted for finger-engagement and notched in their edges belowsaid opening to provide spaced engaging portions adapted to be engagedby a finger at separated points defined by the spacing of said outwardlyextending portions.

4. A paper drinking cup handle formed of flexlble material. comprising abase portion attached to the side wall 01' a cup and c ppositelydisposed portions extending outwardly from said base portiOn disposed inapproximately parallel relationship and substantially spaced apart, saidoutwardly disposed portions possessing horizontally aligned openingsadapted for finger-amazement m a and notched in their edzes below saidopenings to provide spaced engaging portions adapted to be engaged by atime: at separated points defined by the spacing of said outwardlyextending :portions. finger-engaging portions or the handle beingprovided with transversely oflset portions of the material thereofforming smooth, widened contactinz edges for presentation to the finger.

HERMAN CAREW.

